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Wilson Gives Mallards 4-3 Overtime Victory

March 24, 2017 - ECHL (ECHL)
Quad City Mallards News Release


MOLINE, Ill. - Mike Wilson scored with five seconds left in overtime to give the host Quad City Mallards (37-24-4) a dramatic come-from-behind 4-3 victory over the Fort Wayne Komets (38-17-8) Friday night .

The third-place Mallards now lead the fourth-place Kalamazoo Wings by four points and trail the second-place Komets- who picked up one point for the sudden death setback- by six points in the Central Division standings.

Wilson provided the game winner by leading a Mallard 3-on-1 rush and rifling the puck in off the post from the right wing circle.

Wilson's late heroics capped off an evening that saw the Mallards battle back to tie the score three times. Guillaume Gelinas provided the most vital of those equalizers by blasting the puck in from the right point to knot the contest at three with three minutes and 13 seconds left in the third period. Gelinas erased the advantage Trever Cheek had given the Komets by scoring from the slot just 13 seconds into the third.

The Mallards twice rallied in in the second period. Garrett Thompson's blast from the high slot gave the Komets a 1-0 lead two minutes into the second. The Mallards responded just 50 seconds later when Justin Kovacs buried a rebound. Fort Wayne's Brett Perlini broke the 1-1 deadlock by sweeping home Jamie Schaafsma's centering feed at 9:40 of the second. The Mallards squared it again when Adam Gilmour converted Kevin Gibson's centering feed at 15:11.

The Mallards host the Wichita Thunder Sunday at 4:05 p.m. After Sunday's game fans can skate with the Mallards. Fans who bring their skates can hit the ice alongside all of their favorite players.

Single game tickets for all Mallards regular season home games- including Sunday's game- are on sale now at the iWireless Center box office, Ticketmaster outlets, ticketmaster.com and Ticketmaster charge-by-phone toll free at 1-800-745-3000. The box office is open weekdays from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

About the Quad City Mallards

One of the winningest teams in all of minor league hockey, the Mallards competed in the United Hockey League from 1995 through 2007; in the International Hockey League in 2009-10; and in the Central Hockey League from 2010 through 2014. The Mallards' proud history has seen them capture the UHL's Colonial Cup Championship three times (1997, 1998, 2001) and secure that league's Tarry Cup four times (1998, 2000, 2001, 2002) for the best overall regular season record. In 2001, the Mallards made professional hockey history, recording their sixth consecutive season with 50 or more wins, a feat that has yet to be matched. The iWireless Center provides a unique environment for hockey and features one-of-a-kind seating areas such as the Nest for groups and functions and the exclusive Drake Club. For more information on the Quad City Mallards or for Mallards tickets go to www.myqcmallards.net. Fans can also follow the Mallards via Twitter at twitter.com/myqcmallards and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/qcmallards.

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